Improvement in whip-lashes



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No. 137,341. ParentedApri|1,1s73.

AM PHor0LlmosRA Pme ca Mx (assums ma cess) HENRY J. BUSH, OF WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT :N WHIP-mense.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 137,341, dated April l, 1873; application filed January 16, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. BUSH, of Westfield, of the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usei'ul Improvement in Lashes for Whips, or in the manufacture thereof; and do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the `following specification and represented in the accompanying drawing, of which- Figure l denotes a transverse section of a lash made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of a portion of it with the outer covering orlgraidingremoved. Fig. 3 shows a portion with the braiding in place. Fig. 4 is a view of the lash complete. Fig. 5 is a front view, and Fig. 6 alengthwise section, of its snapper, showing how the longitudinal strands are vdisposed to aid in making the ed ge or loop.

In carrying out my invent-ion 1 combine, with the outer braiding or braided covering and the cotton or linen swell or body, a series of separate threads or lines arranged at or about at equal distances apart, transversely about and against the swell or body, and runnin g lengthwise thereof or throughout the lash and so as to entirely surround and cover the swell or body ofthe same evenly and smoothly, as clearly shown in Figs. l and 2, or substantiallyr so, and covered by the braided coverin g. These threads serve to greatly strengthen the lash to prevent it from stretching so as to draw the braiding apart in a manner to eX- pose the cloth body, as well as to form a surface finished smooth and even about said-cloth body upon which to lay the braiding; and they also serve as a convenient means of connecting a snapper to the lash. The cloth swell or body is usually made of a piece of cotton or linen cloth, cut of the proper shape, and rolled up spirally and loaded with clay to give it weight and the necessary form, after which it is introduced into a braiding-machine, and has a covering braided upon it, all of which is well understood by makers of such kinds of lashes. It is with such a cloth swell or body and its coverin g that I employ the series or' threads to go between them and lengthwise of the.

lash.

In the drawing, a denotes the swell or body; b, the covering or braiding; and o c c, Sto., the strengthening-threads, there being about twenty-four in number for a lash ot' medium size. The threads are to be suitably supported and arranged so as to be laid evenly and at proper distances apart upon the body during the process of braiding the covering, the braiding going directly about the threads and body, and binding the threads firmly in place. rlhese threads may be made of linen, cotton, silk, or other suitable material.

I am aware of the lash described in the United States patent No. 131,975, granted to J ohu G. Schmidt, and make no claim to such, its construction being entirely'dit'terent from mylash. In the Schmidt lash the whole swell or body, irrespective ofthe braided cover, is composed ot' a mass of strips or strands oi' hide; but in my lash I use what is termed a rolled-cloth swell or body, as employed in making other lashes; and in order to strengthen such, and aid in the formation of the loop l at the head ofthe lash, and provide a means of attachment of the snapper, I combine with such body and the braided cover the series of threads c, going through the entire lash, and arranged about the swell in manner set forth.

What I claim as my invention is A whip-lash composed of a rolled-cloth body or swell, a, with surrounding even-laid longitudinal threads c entirely covering the same, and an exterior cover ot' braid, b, substantially as herein shown and described.

HENRY J. BUSH.

Witnesses:

A. L. BUSH, E. A. BUSH. 

